“Sunita Williams and Barry Wilmore astronauts have successfully returned to Earth after a nine -month mission at an international space station, which was to last only 8 days. After a long stay in orbit related to technical problems, they were evacuated in the Crew Dragon Spacex Space Man.”, – WRITE: www.pravda.com.ua
Source: NASA, Associated Press
Details: NASA confirmed their arrival by posted on the SpaceX Dragon Space Space Space Space ship in water off the coast.
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For an hour, astronauts left their capsule and waved the cameras before undergoing a medical check. A astronaut Nick Heig and Cosmonaut Roscosmos Alexander Gorbunov returned to the ground with Vilmore and Williams. Gorbunov and Hagg spent 171 days in space, and Williams and Vilmore – 286 days.
The initial mission of Williams and Vilmora was to last just a week, but the technical malfunctions of the Starliner Boeing ship, including the refusal of five engines while joining the ISS, forced astronauts to stay at the station much longer. As a result of their stay in orbit, it continued to nine months, which became a significant deviation from the plan.
Boeing said she considers the ship safe enough to return to Earth with the two astronauts, but NASA decided not to risk it and included them in her crew rotation schedule and returned to SpaceX on the SpaceX ship.
Trump has already announced that after the restoration of Williams and Vilmore will visit the oval office.